Nature's Call - Return of the Dragon

[deepstrasz]

Bug

Please don't simply post a word and emoticon with the lowest rating expecting anything good to come out of it.

 

[Alex_Captain]

Guys, link to the 1.29+ fix appears to be not working, any ideas why? Would like to try to play on 1.31 if possible, because of widescreen support. Thanks in advance.

 

[Ravager16829]

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Guys, link to the 1.29+ fix appears to be not working, any ideas why? Would like to try to play on 1.31 if possible, because of widescreen support. Thanks in advance.

You mean this?

Do note that 1.31.1 has a lot of bugs (recommend to use 1.30.4), but it's still a good choice if you want to play older custom maps and campaigns until Blizzard fixed numerous issues related to the Reforged 2.0. update.

 

[Alex_Captain]

You mean this?
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Do note that 1.31.1 has a lot of bugs (recommend to use 1.30.4), but it's still a good choice if you want to play older custom maps and campaigns until Blizzard fixed numerous issues related to the Reforged 2.0. update.

Yeah, saw this open in the thread, but thought there is a newer fix since that very post mentions bugs. Any ideas on what sort of bugs to expect? I remember playing this campaign 10 years ago or so and ending up getting stuck at the end of mission 3 due to being unable to load to mission 4, wonder what sort of bugs may be in the newer version (e.g. is there any secrets broken? is there any optional quests broken? etc)

 

[Ravager16829]

Yeah, saw this open in the thread, but thought there is a newer fix since that very post mentions bugs. Any ideas on what sort of bugs to expect? I remember playing this campaign 10 years ago or so and ending up getting stuck at the end of mission 3 due to being unable to load to mission 4, wonder what sort of bugs may be in the newer version (e.g. is there any secrets broken? is there any optional quests broken? etc)

Blizzard broke numerous things every time the game received an update. That was even reported before the first release of Reforged in 2020.
Reforged 2.0. is also a massive downgrade. Certain old maps and campaigns will not work, while also having new bugs (like messed up portraits).
So, in short, the problem you may encountering when playing this custom campaign is heavily related to the Blizzard game updates.

Here's a list of issues that I'm aware of:
1.Missing chapters in some custom campaign (button and progression). This can be fixed by forcing all chapters to always visible. This can be done with the Campaign Editor (in "Loading Screen" section).
2.Campaign difficulty always reset after the first map was completed.
3.Game caches in custom campaign are not working.
4.Certain triggers (specifically the generic unit events) are broken in custom campaign. This is related to the save-load thing in 1.31.
5.Black screen problem when trying to load the next mission by using "Continue" (after the score screen). Again, this is present in 1.31 and might be related to the memory leaks. This also happened in custom games.
6.Vanilla campaign is completely broken: Some voice lines were missing (like Maiev during NightElfX04), in-game strings were broken, hero inventories didn't show up (NightElf02, for example), among the others.

 

[JCarrill0]

Where can I find a working Version for War3 v1.27?

 

[Ravager16829]

Where can I find a working Version for War3 v1.27?

You can use this fix below (attached) in case you encounter such a problems with higher patches.
(Although this fix is intended for 1.30, it should work with all versions. However, I highly suggest using 1.30.4 for better stability):

 

[El reformista]

Hello, I had a bug with the first submap, every time I exit the submap, it kick me out of the campaign instead of charging the map 1. I am usin the version 1.27, what I can do to fix that?

 

[Ravager16829]

Hello, I had a bug with the first submap, every time I exit the submap, it kick me out of the campaign instead of charging the map 1. I am usin the version 1.27, what I can do to fix that?

You are using the one from the post that I point out (the one with an attachment)?

It could be as simple as the campaign transition is broken. Usually, it occurs if you attempt to play the campaign with too many characters in its filename (this campaign's filename is "Natures Call - Return of the Dragon.w3n", which is an actual source of the problem). Simply shortening its filename to be no more than 10 characters (like NCROTD.w3n) will solve that problem.

 

[El reformista]

You are using the one from the post that I point out (the one with an attachment)?

It could be as simple as the campaign transition is broken. Usually, it occurs if you attempt to play the campaign with too many characters in its filename (this campaign's filename is "Natures Call - Return of the Dragon.w3n", which is an actual source of the problem). Simply shortening its filename to be no more than 10 characters (like NCROTD.w3n) will solve that problem.

Thanks a lot, it works perfectly fine and now I can enjoy the campaign.

 

[Aleriya]

Long ago I quit after map 3, that long time has now since passed. 12 years has it been since I tried this campaign once again. It did not disappoint, my only grievance is that I will never see a sequel.